Sylvia Shomshor
Daily Dunklin Democrat
"The Wall has definitely been a "moving" wall and experience for all who came in contact with it this week," Bud Hunt, publisher of the Daily Dunklin Democrat and man responsible for bringing The Moving Wall to Kennett.
Hunt said that everyone who helped and who visited the Wall during its week-long stay in Kennett, was moved by a story or a name on the Wall. "There were family members or friends who had a name on the Wall that is close to their heart," he said. "And even for those who didnÕt have a familiar name on the Wall, our hearts reached out to those men and to the family and friends they left behind in an effort to give all."
As the week drew to a close, The Moving Wall moves on to a new town with many more people waiting to be moved by the experience. Its next stop will be in Greencastle, Indiana and then on various other sites, guided by the hand of Norris Shears, a Vietnam veteran and one of three designers of The Moving Wall.
Stories have been shared throughout the week and lives have been touched, all because of one half-scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. And in the closing prayer, led by Mike Mowrer, Vietnam veteran, he summed up the thoughts on many minds: "As the Wall moves on we asked that God bless those who have visited the Wall, those who will visit the Wall and those who share the Wall. And above all God bless America."
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